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WEDNESDAY 16TH MARCH 2011
Internet breeds ‘gamble anytime’
generation
The rise of internet-based sports
betting is changing the face of
problem gambling in Australia,
say addiction experts who
report a surge in younger men
in need of help.
Faster internet speeds and the
proliferation of internet-enabled
mobile phones had created a
younger generation that could
“gamble anywhere... Read more
In search of the lean gene
WITH an abundance
of food in the West, it’s
no surprise that people
are getting fatter. But
why do some remain
slim?
Experts believe the
answer could lie deep
in our DNA.
Read more at The
Independent.
G8 drops plans for Libya military action
ROLAND LLOYD PARRY : AFP
GROUP OF EIGHT powers
have dropped proposals for
military intervention to end
bombardments in Libya and
turned to the United Nations
to up the pressure on its ruler
Muammar Gaddafi with tougher
economic sanctions.
A drive by France and Britain to
impose a no-fly zone over Libya
failed to win round the United
States... Read more
Hemp could be on the menu
ONCE you could smoke it, then
you could wear it, now maybe
you can eat it. Food Standards
Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
is seeking public comment on
requested changes to the food
code to allow hemp to be eaten.
But it will not make you high.
While industrial hemp belongs
to the cannabis family, it is a
distant cousin of the kind that
produces marijuana. Read more
NATION&WORLD
ALI KHALIL : AFP
AT LEAST 200 people have been shot
and wounded in a Shi’ite village south of
the Bahraini capital, a medic says, as the
king imposed a state of emergency after
bringing in Saudi and Emirati troops to
help quell anti-regime protests.
As violence escalated, close ally the
United States warned that there was
“no military solution” to political
upheaval in Bahrain and that any
violence against peacefully expressed
political demands “should be stopped.”
“More than 200 people we received
today had been shot with buckshot,”
a hospital doctor in the village of
Sitra, south of the capital, told AFP by
telephone. Read more
Get a wriggle on
JOHAN Van Dongen sells insects. A bright, engaging man, Van
Dongen is head of the meat department at Sligro, a kind of Costco
on the edge of this trim Dutch town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Besides steaks, poultry and other kinds of meat, he offers
mealworms, buffalo worms, locusts and other insects...
Read more
US ‘overdue’ for huge Pacific quake
WASHINGTON: The western United States is overdue for a huge
earthquake and tsunami much like the one that devastated
Japan last week, and is nowhere near ready to cope with the
disaster, experts say.
A volatile, horseshoe-shaped area known as the Pacific Ring of
Fire has recently erupted with quakes in Chile, Japan, Mexico
and New Zealand, and seismologists say it... Read more
Man stabbed after refusing to have blood sucked
AN AMERICAN man has been sentenced to three years of
probation for stabbing a man who refused to let him suck his
blood.
Maricopa County Superior Court says 24-year-old Aaron Homer
pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced on
Monday.
The Arizona Republic reports 25-year-old... Read more
Hundreds shot in
Bahrain protest
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